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Last week the US Justice Department announced
the indictment of Julian Assange on 18 counts of violating the 1917 Espionage
Act. Although the government had previously charged Assange with helping
Chelsea Manning, then a private in the US Army, to hack military computers, the
new indictment greatly ups the ante, for Assange is now accused of publishing
the Manning documents on his WikiLeaks website. This is a far more serious
matter—the first time in the history of
the United States that the publication of truthful information has been defined
as a crime. The New York Times immediately
raised an alarm. The prosecution of Assange under the Espionage Act, warned
a May 23 editorial, “could have a chilling effect on
American journalism. It is aimed straight at the heart of the First Amendment.”

Few would dispute that
governments may need to keep certain data secret in the interest of national
security. At the same time, the decision not to divulge information must be
scrupulously weighed in a democracy against the public’s right to know.

The 1917 Espionage Act does not concern itself
with such quibbles, however; it comes down wholeheartedly on the side of
secrecy and national security. MORE

US federal court exposes
Democratic Party conspiracy against Assange and WikiLeaks

By Eric
London
31 July 2019

In a
ruling published late Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for
the Southern District of New York delivered a devastating blow to the US-led
conspiracy against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

In his
ruling, Judge Koeltl, a Bill Clinton nominee and former assistant special
prosecutor for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, dismissed “with
prejudice” a civil lawsuit filed in April 2018 by the Democratic National
Committee (DNC) alleging WikiLeaks was civilly liable for conspiring with the
Russian government to steal DNC emails and data and leak them to the public.

Jennifer
Robinson, a leading lawyer for Assange, and other WikiLeaks attorneys welcomed
the ruling as “an important win for free speech.”

The
decision exposes the Democratic Party in a conspiracy of its own to attack free
speech and cover up the crimes of US imperialism and the corrupt activities of
the two parties of Wall Street. MORE

The Nation is
reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the
issues that matter.

Last week the US Justice Department announced
the indictment of Julian Assange on 18 counts of violating the 1917 Espionage
Act. Although the government had previously charged Assange with helping
Chelsea Manning, then a private in the US Army, to hack military computers, the
new indictment greatly ups the ante, for Assange is now accused of publishing
the Manning documents on his WikiLeaks website. This is a far more serious
matter—the first time in the history of
the United States that the publication of truthful information has been defined
as a crime. The New York Times immediately
raised an alarm. The prosecution of Assange under the Espionage Act, warned
a May 23 editorial, “could have a chilling effect on
American journalism. It is aimed straight at the heart of the First Amendment.”

Few would dispute that
governments may need to keep certain data secret in the interest of national
security. At the same time, the decision not to divulge information must be
scrupulously weighed in a democracy against the public’s right to know.

The 1917 Espionage Act does not concern itself
with such quibbles, however; it comes down wholeheartedly on the side of
secrecy and national security. MORE

US federal court exposes
Democratic Party conspiracy against Assange and WikiLeaks

By Eric
London
31 July 2019

In a
ruling published late Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for
the Southern District of New York delivered a devastating blow to the US-led
conspiracy against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

In his
ruling, Judge Koeltl, a Bill Clinton nominee and former assistant special
prosecutor for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, dismissed “with
prejudice” a civil lawsuit filed in April 2018 by the Democratic National
Committee (DNC) alleging WikiLeaks was civilly liable for conspiring with the
Russian government to steal DNC emails and data and leak them to the public.

Jennifer
Robinson, a leading lawyer for Assange, and other WikiLeaks attorneys welcomed
the ruling as “an important win for free speech.”

The
decision exposes the Democratic Party in a conspiracy of its own to attack free
speech and cover up the crimes of US imperialism and the corrupt activities of
the two parties of Wall Street. MORE

SEE Newsletter #11 for the 11 newsletters with
links. If you will study just one of
them I believe you will read more and eventually speak up for this persecuted
journalist—enemy of secrecy loved by dictators, lover of transparency for a
democracy. .

END WIKILEAKS/ASSANGE
NEWSLETTER #13

Motives to Punish Assange

US vs. Investigative Journalism.

Greenwald and Lee.

Pilger.

Tulsi.Political Action to Defend Assange

SEE Newsletter #11 for the 11 newsletters with
links.If you will study just one of
them I believe you will read more and eventually speak up for this persecuted
journalist—enemy of secrecy loved by dictators, lover of transparency for a
democracy.